CVE-2022-23457

highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.028 · 87 %ileexploit · PoCDEEURUUS

grimoire priorityP1 · Urgent

Exploitable?

Public exploit

1 exploit · PoC

Likely / severe?

2.85% (87th) EPSS

CVSS 7.5 · high

Is it mine?

20 products

Check your exposure

Who says so?

6 sources

cnnvd · enisa_euvd · fstec_bdu · cert_bund

EPSS · scored 2026-10-27

ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library. Prior to version 2.3.0.0, the default implementation of `Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean)` may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the 'input' path. This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. As a workaround, it is possible to write one's own implementation of the Validator interface. However, maintainers do not recommend this.

cvss

Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.

9.8

010

base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8

v2.07.5highAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:Pprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 10 · impact 6.4

v3.19.8criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hprimary · NVD / NIST USexploitability 3.9 · impact 5.9

v3.17.5highAV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · FSTEC (BDU) RU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · ENISA EU

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · security-advisories@github.comexploitability 1.6 · impact 5.9

v3.17.5highCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:Hsecondary · OSV

v3.19.3criticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H/E:Psecondary · CVSS-BT (t0sche)

ssvc

A stakeholder decision — act, attend, or track — from exploitation and impact.

Exploitation: poc · Automatable: no · Technical Impact: totalcoordinatorcisa_ssvcUS

weaknesses

The CWE weakness classes this flaw belongs to.

CWE-22USprimaryCWE-22USCWE-22US

exploits (1)

Public proof-of-concept and weaponised exploit code.

shoucheng3/ESAPI__esapi-java-legacy_CVE-2022-23457_2-2-3-1shoucheng3/ESAPI__esapi-java-legacy_CVE-2022-23457_2-2-3-1PoC · poc_in_github

affected products (20)

Products and version ranges known to be affected.

NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for Linuxall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:for_linux
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for Microsoft Windowsall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:for_microsoft_windows
NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphereall versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:for_vmware_vsphere
Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.3.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware:12.2.1.3.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware 12.2.1.4.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware:12.2.1.4.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware 14.1.1.0.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware:14.1.1.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware 5.9.0.0.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware:5.9.0.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware 6.4.0.0.0all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware:6.4.0.0.0
Oracle Fusion Middleware 8.5.6all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:fusion_middleware:8.5.6
Oracle Health Sciences Applications 9.1.0.52all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:health_sciences_applications:9.1.0.52
Oracle Health Sciences Applications 9.2.0.52all versionscert_bundDEcpe:/a:oracle:health_sciences_applications:9.2.0.52
OWASP ESAPI org.owasp.esapi:esapi2.3.0.0 → 2.3.0.0enisa_euvdEU
OWASP Foundation, Inc. Enterprise Security API≤ 2.3.0.0fstec_bduRU
netapp active iq unified managerall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:active_iq_unified_manager:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
netapp oncommand workflow automationall versionsnvdUScpe:2.3:a:netapp:oncommand_workflow_automation:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle weblogic server= 12.2.1.3.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle weblogic server= 12.2.1.4.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
oracle weblogic server= 14.1.1.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:oracle:weblogic_server:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
owasp enterprise security api< 2.3.0.0nvdUScpe:2.3:a:owasp:enterprise_security_api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Maven org.owasp.esapi:esapi< 2.3.0.0osvUSpkg:maven/org.owasp.esapi/esapi

advisories (4)

Vendor and ecosystem advisories describing this.

WID-SEC-W-2023-0131Oracle Health Sciences Applications: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Health Sciences Applications ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
WID-SEC-W-2023-0132Oracle Fusion Middleware: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-17csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, anonymer Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in Oracle Fusion Middleware ausnutzen, um die Vertraulichkeit, Integrität und Verfügbarkeit zu gefährden.
WID-SEC-W-2023-0217NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager: Mehrere SchwachstellenDeutsch2023-01-29csaf · cert_bundDE
Ein entfernter, authentisierter Angreifer kann mehrere Schwachstellen in NetApp ActiveIQ Unified Manager ausnutzen, um Sicherheitsvorkehrungen zu umgehen oder einen Cross-Site-Scripting-Angriff durchzuführen.
GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2Path traversal in the OWASP Enterprise Security API2022-04-27ghsa · osvUS
### Impact The default implementation of `Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean)` may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the 'input' path. ### Patches This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. See https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/releases/tag/esapi-2.3.0.0 for details. ### Workarounds Yes; in theory, one _could_ write the own implementation of the Validator interface. This would most easily be done by sub-classing a version of the affected `DefaultValidator` class and then overriding the affected `getValidDirectoryPath()` to correct the issue. However, this is not recommended. ### For more information If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email one of the project co-leaders. See email addresses listed on the [OWASP ESAPI wiki](https://owasp.org/www-project-enterprise-security-api/) page, under "Leaders". * Send email to one of the two ESAPI related Google Groups listed under [Where to Find More Information on ESAPI](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy#where-to-find-more-information-on-esapi) on our [README.md](https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy#readme) page.

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sources

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cnnvd enisa_euvd fstec_bdu cert_bund nvd osv NVD CVE.org MITRE

published 2022-04-25modified 2026-06-17

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references (22)

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